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Talks and Lectures
At the majority of nearly 100 talks and lectures given by the professional
staff to some 2,500 people belonging to various groups and organisations, a film
was also shown. It is appreciated, of course, that the audiences consist largely of
the " converted" but surely information is passed on to others by individual
members of the audience.
Mass Media
During the year 1,000 posters depicting the current health subject were displayed
on the public notice boards throughout the Borough. Posters were also
displayed in public buildings, shops, factories, doctors' and dentists' surgeries, etc.
Thousands of leaflets and booklets were distributed, many of which were
provided by the Ministry of Health without charge.
Supportive Publicity
The visits to the Borough by the Blood Transfusion Service and the Mass
Miniature Radiography Service were marked by joint publicity efforts.
Exhibitions and Displays
We organised a health exhibition in a marquee during the two-day Enfield
Annual Show which had an estimated attendance of 23,000.
The exhibit projected five aspects of the work of the health department:
Smoking and Health, Mental Health, Health Visitors' Recruitment, House Improvements
and Clean Air.
Presentation was by means of photographs and posters, animated displays and
modern appliances, and traditional and pre-fabricated buildings. The public were
invited to test their lung function on the Wright Peak Flow Meter. The whole
display was colourful and well lit.
Members of the staff manned the exhibition to answer inquiries and distribute
leaflets, pamphlets, etc.
During the early part of the year a dental health exhibition was mounted at
nine different clinics in succession for a period of a week each.
For two weeks in July a smoking and health exhibition was held at the Albany
clinic.
(See Statistical Tables 20, 21,22, 23 and 24.)
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